While I could try to make an entire article on every John Hughes movie that I fully appreciate — and that has shaped me — the article would run on and on and on. So, I’m going to break this up for you all. Let’s start with one of my favorite movies ever

Labyrinth became a staple in my life. And I mean one of those permanent “you can’t just use a crowbar / you have to use the strength of King Arthur to remove the sword from the stone” type of permanent staple.

For me, it was the countless weekends I spent with my grandma — going to movies and playing dress-up — that led me to become the person I am today. One of my greatest earliest Grandma memories was seeing the 1984 film Gremlins.